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Geo page 142-150 Flashcards

1
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Africa’s first and greatest Christian kingdom; in the area of modern Ethiopia

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Aksum

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one of the most notorious slave traders in West Africa who eventually became saved and wrote “Amazing Grace”

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John Newton

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led England’s movement to abolish slavery

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William Wilberforce

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forms the largest river system in Western Africa

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Niger River and all its tributaries

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three climates of Western Africa

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steppe, rain forest, savannah

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country that is divided into three territories and is controlled by four tribes is

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Nigeria

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four tribes that control Nigeria

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Yoruba, Ibo, Hausa, and Fulani

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Nigeria’s first capital

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Lagos

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first black bishop to be ordained by the church of England

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Samuel Adjai Crowther (he was a Yoruba)

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10
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capital of Nigeria

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Abuja

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first African nation south of the Sahara to achieve independence from a colonial power

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Ghana

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12
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the Gold Coast

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Ghana

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13
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Ghana’s first president

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Kwame Nkrumah

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14
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two nations that were settled by freed slaves

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Sierra Leone and Liberia

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15
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modern capital of Sierra Leone that was a haven for slaves from Great Britain

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Freetown

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modern capital of Liberia that was a haven for slaves from the US

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Monrovia

17
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two Black American missionaries to Monrovia

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Lott Carey and Colin Teague

18
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one of the world’s largest waterfalls in volume

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Boyoma Falls

19
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traced the Congo River to its source in 1877

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Henry M. Stanley

20
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dictator of the Belgian Congo who changed its name to Zaire and removed cultural influences

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Joseph Mobutu

21
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official language of the DRC

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French

22
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capital and largest city of the DRC

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Kinshasa

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